János is a masculine Hungarian

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. It originates from the

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name Johanan and is thus a variant of the English name John.

People

Notable people with the name include: * János Aczél (mathematician) (1924–2020), Hungarian-Canadian mathematician * János Adorján (1938–1995), former Hungarian handball player * János Aknai (1908–1992), Hungarian footballer * János Arany (1817–1882), Hungarian writer, poet * János Balogh (biologist) (1913–2002), Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor * János Balogh (chess player) (1892–1980), Hungarian–Romanian chess master * János Balogh (footballer) (born 1982), Hungarian football goalkeeper * Janos Bardi (1923–1990) * János Bartl (1878–1958), magic supply dealer * János Batsányi (1763–1845), Hungarian poet * János Bédl (1929–1987), Hungarian football manager * János Bencze (basketball) (1934–2014), Hungarian basketball player * János Bergou (born 1947), Hungarian physicist and academic * János Beszteri-Balogh (born 1938), former Hungarian ice hockey player * János Bethlen (1613–1678), Chancellor of Transylvania * János Bihari (1764–1827), Hungarian Romani violinist * János Biri (1901–1983), Hungarian footballer and coach * János Bódi (born 1932), Hungarian modern pentathlete * János Bogár (born 1964), Hungarian ultramarathon runner * János Bognár (1914–2004), Hungarian cyclist * János Bókai (1822–1884), Hungarian professor, pediatrician, and children's hospital director * János Boldóczki (1912–1988), Hungarian politician * János Bolyai (1802–1860), Hungarian mathematician * János Borsó (born 1953), Hungarian international football player * János Börzsei (1921–2007), former Hungarian footballer * János Brenner (1931–1957), Hungarian Roman Catholic priest * János Bud (1880–1950), Hungarian politician * János Csák (born 1962), Hungarian corporate leader and ambassador * János Csank (born 1946), former goalkeeper and football manager * János Cserni (born 1971), Hungarian judge and journalist * János Cseszneky (1535-1593), Hungarian magnate * János Csík (born 1946), Hungarian handball player and handball coach * János Czetz (1822–1904), prominent Hungarian freedom fighter * János Dalmati (1942–2020), Hungarian racewalker * Janos Delacruz (born 1985), Filipino painter, illustrator, etcher, and printmaker * János Derzsi (born 1954), Hungarian actor * János Dévai (1940–2006), Hungarian cyclist * János Donát (1744–1830), German-born Hungarian painter * János Dosztály (1920–1998), Hungarian sports shooter * János Drágffy (?-1526), Judge Royal of the Kingdom of Hungary * János Drapál (1948–1985), Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest * János Dudás (1911–1979), Hungarian football midfielder * János Dzvonyár (born 1961), Hungarian swimmer * János Eilingsfeld (born 1991), Hungarian basketball player * János Erdei (1919–1997), Hungarian boxer * János Farkas (1741–1788), Hungarian jurist, lawyer and landowner * János Farkas (1774–1847), Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán * János Farkas (footballer, born 1984), Hungarian football player * János Fuzik (1957–2022), Hungarian journalist and politician * János Garay (fencer) (1889–1945), Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer * Janos Mohoss (1936–2020), Swiss fencer * János Murányi (born 1944), Hungarian discus thrower * János Neumann (John von Neumann) (1903–1957), Hungarian born American mathematician, computer scientist * Janos Pasztor (diplomat) (born 1955), Hungarian diplomat * Janos Prohaska (1919–1974), actor and stuntman * János Rácz (1941–2023), Hungarian basketball player * Janos Ruthaly (1875–1963), American light heavyweight boxing champion, better known as "Jack Root" * János Scholz (1903–1993), Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector * Janos Spiegel (1876–1956), Hungarian violin maker * János Starker (1924–2013), Hungarian-American cellist * Janos Sztipanovits (born 1946), electrical engineer and computer scientist * János Uzsoki (born 1972), Hungarian long jumper

Characters

* Janos Audron, introduced in the 1996 game ''Blood Omen'' * Háry János, protaganist of Kodaly's opera Háry János (the given name, Janos, comes after the surname) * Janos Prohaska, Blackhawk in the DC Comics universe * Janos Rukh, a character in the 1936 film The Invisible Ray * Janos Skorzeny, a vampire in the 1972 television film '' The Night Stalker'' * Janos Skorzeny, a werewolf in the 1987–1988 television series ''

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'' * Janos Slynt, Commander of the City Watch in George Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire''

References

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